Centre for Law and Society
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The Centre for Law and Society is a research and advocacy institute at the University of Cape Town that examines how law interacts with social change, inequality, and governance in South Africa and beyond.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Centre for Law and Society canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic research centre
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advocacy institute ⓘ research institute ⓘ |
| activity |
empirical socio-legal research
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hosting seminars and workshops ⓘ policy advocacy ⓘ public engagement ⓘ publishing research reports ⓘ training and capacity building ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | University of Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
governance
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inequality ⓘ law and society ⓘ social change ⓘ socio-legal studies ⓘ |
| focusArea |
African region
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Global South NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.uct.ac.za/ (institutional domain; specific centre page under UCT site) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | University of Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince | Western Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission |
to contribute to more just and equitable governance through research
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to inform public policy debates on law and society ⓘ to understand how law shapes and is shaped by social realities ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
South Africa
NERFINISHED
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broader African context ⓘ |
| partOf | Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
access to justice
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constitutionalism in South Africa ⓘ customary law and community justice ⓘ governance and public law ⓘ human rights in practice ⓘ interaction between law and social change ⓘ law and governance ⓘ law and inequality ⓘ legal pluralism ⓘ state institutions and accountability ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
academics
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civil society organizations ⓘ legal practitioners ⓘ policy makers ⓘ students ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town